Women for Change | Carrying the names no system should forget

Описание: Women For Change has become one of the most trusted grassroots forces in South Africa’s fight against gender-based violence.

In this episode, Heidi Giokos speaks to Cameron Kasambala, whose daily work places her at the centre of the stories many struggle to even read.

Together, they unpack the emotional, practical, and deeply necessary work their small team carries every day.

Kasambala reflects on how Women for Change was built to close a gap the system has left wide open: advocating for justice, supporting families, amplifying missing-persons cases, and connecting survivors to safe legal and counselling services when institutions turn them away.

She explains how their online community became a lifeline, demonstrating the reach and power of digital activism in a country where femicide has risen sharply.

The conversation also explores the national shutdown, why the movement unfolded when it did, and what declaring GBV-F a national disaster could meaningfully change.

.Cameron offers clear insight into the strain of doing this work with limited funding, the emotional cost it carries, and the courage it requires.

This episode honours the voices often silenced and the people who stand beside them. It is an urgent reminder that public pressure matters, solidarity matters, and hope is a form of activism.

To find out more from Women for Change, go to: https://womenforchange.co.za/